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TWO STARVING Czechoslovakians, too weak to walk
without the aid of canes, look toward America for hel.
immediate help—to save them from death. You have a
chance to aid them and millions like them in famine-stricken
countries. Give money, food in tin cans to the Emergency
Food Collection. Give that they may live.
I Am Innocent Of The Blood:
See Ye To It; Let ’Em Starve,
They Should Feed Themselves
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that
rather a tumult was made, lie took water, and washed Ills
hands before the multitude, saying. I am innocent of the blood
of this Just person: see ye it.—Matthew 27:24.
So they crucified Jesus.
“The people of Europe should feed themselves."
So we crucify them and they starve
“The money we give rtight be used in Germany or in Japan."
So we crucify the people of China and other Asiatic nations.
They die but before they die they have the horrid experience of
seeing their children eat grass, wither like the grass they eat, and
die. And to tne starving children death is a blessing.
How like Pontius Pilate we are today
There has been a lot said in the News about contributing to the
United Nations fund which is needed urgently to feed the emaciated
stan ing people.
We dislike constant plugging away at the thing—really it’s an
indictment, of those who have not given because one appeal should
have been enough. *
Also the constant plugging is in praise of those who already
have given. Because response has been splendid. Over $860 has
been raised for the fund in Spalding County.
It should be simple to make it a thousand. One more ehurrh,
one or two more individuals contributing will make it that.
Tomorrow is Sunday. Some of us will dress in our finest clothes.
Some of us will go to church. Some of us will sit down to tables
laden to the point of overflowing with lood.
Shall we wash our hands of those who starve? Shall we be
Or shall we contribute to the fund?
innocent of the blood of the innocent people?
-QUIMBY MEI.TON, JR.
President Planning
Message To Congress
By CLAIR JOHNSON
WASHINGTON. — (/Pi—President
Truman is contemplating a major
new message to Congress on labor
legislation, key lawmakers reported
today, but he still hasn't decided
which of two widely varying drafts
he will use.
The Congressmen said the mess
aP<* will accompany whatever de
clslon the President makes regard
ing the controversial Case labor
disputes bill now on h*s desk.
These law-makers, who asked not
to be named, said that to the best
of their knowledge Mr. Truman
still has not decided whether to
approve or veto the measure, Hc
has until June 12 to reach a deci
slon.
They declared, however, that in
order to be set for either even
tuality the Chief Executive
called on his advisors for alterna
tive pronouncements which he
consider and work over for a
tailed message
A Griffin Is a mythical
half Hon and half eagle.
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NEWS OF THE WORLD
In Brief
Compiled From AP Dispatches
NANKING—Chinese Government
troops halt Harbin advance in com
pliance with truce; CommuniT.s
debate terms at Uenan.
ATLANTA — Prosecutor blames
Klan for flogging and slaying as
state seeks to revoke charter.
McRAE, Ga.—Two trainmen seri
ously hurt in Southern passenger
trains crash.
AUGUST A*—This city still tied up
with traffic strike.
LONDON—15 Million Britishers
Joined London's Victory celebration.
WASHINGTON — Congress post
pones action on OI terminal leave
pay bill until next week.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt Eleven
persons, including four British sol
diers, were Injured In rxpl islon here
Friday night.
NUERNBERG — Hitler, in
days of crumbling Reich,
summary slaying of every
flier who baled out, but Field
shal Kelltl asserted he “would
damned" If he'd issue such
order.
GRIFFIN; GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1946
Hard Coal Strike Ends; But :
ShippingThreatContinues j i
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LVENINU By Qutmby
Melton
Settlement of the Hard Coal
strike last night removes all
major strike threats from the
national picture except one—
the Maritime strike. With time
running out—the strike has
been railed for one week from
tonight—the outlook over the
Maritime strike is doubtful.
Meanwhile the public can.
look back and see major strik
es settled. The steel strike,
automobile strike, railroad strike
and coal strikes are behind us.
They were finally settled but
not until vast harm had been
dene to the nation.
Men. lost wages, industry lost
profits, and the public lost
muchly needed goods.
Someday this nation of ours,
which can do wonders in the
field of science, such as devel
oping airplanes with the speed
of 500 or more miles per hour,
and solving the riddle of the
atom, will work out a plan
whereby labor disputes can and
will be settled at their incep
tion to the satisfaction of all.
There is no earthly reason in
the world to let misunderstand
ing* and injustices become so
grave that strikes are necess
ary.
Neither labor nor manage
ment can be absolved of blame
in labor disputes. Sometimes
one or the other is to blame
and often both sides are to
blame. Neither is “lily white."
And in the meantime the
public suffers—the public which
is much stronger than either
labor or management—but is
unorganized and therefore can
not “put pressure" on Con
gress.
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Every Sunday morning there
is a radio program “The Cali
To Worship" that starts the
morning off. It is a program
sponsored by most of the
churches in Atlanta. It urges
everyone to “go to the church
of your choice.”
Reading the news of today,
with its killings, strife, near-
wars and the like, Good Eve
ning would suggest to one and
all that tomorrow Sunday
everyone “attend the church of
their choice," get down on their
knees and humbly ask God to
forgive a sin-cursed world and
lead it into the paths of peace.
We've tried diplomacy, we've
tried the strength of arms, we've
tried economic pressure and the
like. Certainly it is high time
that we give the program of the
Master a chance, It and it
alone can bring peace, harmony
and brotherly love to a world.
Division Of Spalding
Knitting Mills To .
Open In Jackson
A division of the Spalding Knit
ting Mills is expeoied to begin op
eration in Jackson at an early date
The training of personnel to man
the Jackson division of the Mill*
was started Monday. Several wo
men are now being given special
training which will enable them to
efficiently handle the machinery.
The plant Is located In a building
on the west side of the court square
in Tackscn.
Gas Pain
CHICAGO—(>Pi Sgt. John
O'Connor says he is on the
prowl for an impudent thiel
While O'Connor was in the
Englewood station questioning
a criminal, a thief siphoned
all the gas out of O'Connor's
automobile.
Colonel AndWAC
Wife Arrested For
Theft Of Jewelry
Charged With Theft
Of $1,500,000 Worth
Of Crown Jewelry
By RUTH COWAN
WASHINGTON.—(/Pi — Army In
telligence agents closed in today on
two more suspects In the bizane
case of the plundered Rhine’and
castle which yielded $1,500,000 of
| Hessian Crown jewels in loot.
With a honeymooning colonel and
his WAC captain bride already in
custody, the intelligence men con
| centrated on the apprehension of
. ! major and GI fill
a a to out the
: final details of an amazing
of the "liberated" gems.
The real-life military thriller, had
its sardonic note, for it was the
same province of Hesse which pro
vided the Hessian mercenaries who
fought the American colonists in
the Revolutionary War—for a fee
which brought the rulers of the
province some $15,000,000,
In breaking the case, the War
Department announced late yester
day it was holding attractive Capt.
Kathleen B. Nash Durant, 34, of
Hudson, Wis., and her husband.
Col. J. W. Durant, 36. a Washing
ton lawyer before he went on active
duty in the Air Forces. Mrs. Du
rant was a resort hotel executive
in Phoenix, Ariz.. in pre-war days.
The recently married couple were
taken into custody in Chicago's La
Salle Hotel early Monday—little
more than 24 hours before the
disastrous fire.
RECOVER SOME JEWELS
-Col. A C. Miller, representing the
Prdvdst Marshal General, said the
arrest already has led to recovery
of 25 to 50 per cent of the secretly,
looted Hessian treasury—diamond
diadems, magnificent bracelets,
necklaces, rings set with precious
stones, and other costly heirlooms.
The recovered gems, Col. Miller
said, represented the WAC cap
tain's portion Her husband, he
added, knew’ the whereabouts of
the rest but “we do not have the
jewels the coiouil admitted having
yet. ”
The story which Col. Miller sket
ches for reporte.-. had ail the trap
pings of exciting fiction.
It opens back in 1944 when Al
lied air raids became so heavy that
members of the Royal House of
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Minstrel To Be J
Presented At East
Griffin Tonight
The East Griffin P.-T. A. will
present a minstrel, "The Great
Chicken Stealing Case of Ebenezei
County" tonight at 8 o'clock a;
the East Griffin School
The following persons will take
part in the minstrel: M O Chap
pell. II. J. Johnson. Wells Howard,
Robert Brannon, J. M Chappe.i.
Mack Williams, Lucile McLean
Grady Wells, Claude Peitj Flossie
James, Claudie Butler. Helen Prit
chett, C. D. Higgins, Ills Johnson.
Frank Williums.
There will be a small admission
charge.
FINALLY MAKES IT
AFTER 7 REJECTIONS
TROY, N. Y.—(AP)—Joseph Villa,
anxious to enter the armed forces
during the war. was rejected : even
times, He was called for Induction
four times and tried to volunteer
on three occasions.
Came peace—and "Greetings."
Joe left this week for service
an Army draftee.
Catherine of Russia was
Russian nor named Catherine.
was bom in Germany, and
tened Sophia.
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UNION SEAMEN PARADE IN PRE-STRIKE DEMONSTRATION—Members of the National Maritime
Union (CIO parade with placards through downtown Boston in a pre-strike demonstration. The
NMU is preparing to strike June 15. Meanwhile, American Federation of Labor seamen gave the na
tion a taste of things to come by engaging in a work stoppage in some of the nation’s gretest ports.
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GRAVE DIGGERS ON STRIKE, TOO—/These two grave diggers on pic
ket duty in Fairview cemetery at Fairview. N J are among 21 who
went on strike there for a 12 ’.- cents an hour increase in pay ' AP
Cupid, Classified
Ads Join Hands,
Man Gets, His Wife
Cupid shook hands with
George Jones. Jr , Guilin Ntw.s
classified advertising manager,
and muttered a few words of
thanks before flying down to
the railroad depot today.
Cupid said that he wanted to
thank Mr. Jones for assisting
him.
Jones had inserted a classified
ad for a gentleman who was
seeking a wife The prospective
brid- was to meet the gentle
map at the depet today
Registrars To Have
Absentee Ballots
Persons who desire to obtain ab
sentee ballots to vote in the com
ing Dem#cratlc Primary may o'o
tain ballot forms by -writing the
Board < t Registrars Spalding Coun
ty, Oa„ or by earing at the tax
collector's oftle In the county
coutthou'e.
Three More Men
Enlist In Navy
Navy Recruiting headquarters
Atlanta announced today the
listment of three more Griffin
They are Paul L. Shivers.
V. White and Billy Brown.
Midget Train Begins
Trips At Municipal
Park Sunday
The Mighty Midget,' a train
composed of two <sir.s and a steam
locomotive, will begin taking pa.s
sengers for riues Sundav afternoon
1 at the Municipal Park The train
' i will be in operation from ] 30 to |
7:30 on Sunday afternoons and j
Wedne? day a tier noons
i Trayk.s tor the train hav" been
laid oh the north side of the park j
Tickets for rides may be /ought .it
the ticket ..-window There ’/ill be |
a charge of 20 cents per ride ^ 1,1 I
! train which wax bull* in J E siki
is now owned bv I.. H. Steele
First Cotton Bloom
SANDERSVJLLE, It's here
The first cotton bloom n :r>; t >1
tlje season.
Eugene Jordan, of the Riddlevitl*
j community. Is exhibiting the phmt
| He says he planted early in Mr non,
j about a month ahead of the usual
I time, and expects to plrg hi- t'\ :
i bale in August.
THF UFSTNFI?
FORECAST FOR GEORGIA:
I r|» r to pir*I v eleudv. aH
rnn*|-"'eH warm today, tonight
and Sundav.
Maximum Saturday: $11
Minimum Saturday: 65
Maximum Friday: R4
Minimum Friday: 58
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New Teadierilleded
To Spalding System
Six teachers have been elected
to till positions in the Spalding
County school system. J. P. King,
superintendent, announced loduv
Mrs. Mary S. Rodgers and Mias
S udie Shelor will teach at Oi
Grammar School Bolh have been
teaching at 6 . KPimesaw Ga., and
have a n: ntber of years of experi
ence. Mrs. Rodgers will teach th*
>econd grade and Miss Sudie she
lor will instruct.the combined third
and fourth grades
Three new members of the
Spalding High School faculty have
been named Miss Ellis Vaughn,
who received her degree at Bessie
Tift College this year, will teach
Home Economics. Miss Vaughn was
cadet teacher at Spalding High
last tali Mbs Caroline Duggan
of Sandersville will teach Social
Science. Miss Duggan Is also a re
cent graduate of Bessie Tift George
W Patrick. Jr, who is working on
his Master's Degree at the Unlver
slty of North Carolina this un;
mer, will coach at Spalding High
Miss Blanche Susan Brinkley, who
completed two years of college wo; •
at Southwestern College, Arm-ticu.^
this year has also been elected to
the Spalding County system
Child Is Injured
In Car Accident
Andrew Bruce McDonald. 2 was
injured Friday when his father lost,
control of the car he was'driving
on the Central of. Georgia bridge
near Experiment Station.
R. A. McDonald, the father, was
driving a car and a house trailer
to Fitzgerald He lost control and
the car ran Into the ditch, the
trade! turning over in the road
His home is in Atlanta
State Troopers C T I.owrv and
H W Barrow, who investigated
the accident, said that the child
was not. Injured seriously. There
was no arrest.
YOUNGSTERS WIND UP
SPENDING SPREE
WITH THICK STEAK
BINGHAMTON N. Y
brothers. 13 and 8 . told | ter
had rushed an $80 governin' nt , 1 k-*
ment check and had ■ !*■)) $*0 : * 1
Two t< v drum*, two wulki»-t,ilki*
tovs. model airplane in-men
hats, army Insignia, cartridge belt
flash lights month organs and mu
rellaneous items
They cappe I the spree with r
loln strut dinners and a waterme
lon.
Established 1871
Little Optimism
Felt As Ship
Strike Nears
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Main Question Still
Length Of Work Week
While Sailors At Sea
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS *,
With the week-end strike of hard
coal miners settled the threatened
maritime strike remains the major
headache of the nation today,
'. At'.
The API, anthricite worker*
union announced settlement of
their strike last night. They gain
ed an 18' c per hour wage inere***
and a health and welfare fund
which will run between $50,000,000
and $80,000,000 a year.
Approximately 76,000 hard coal
miners have been idle.
TIME RUNNING OUT
With time running out fast, CIO
union leaders and ship operators
doggedly renewed their effort* to
reach an agreement for averting
the threatened maritime strike next
week
The start of the deadline week
also found Joe Curgan’s nations!
maritime union (CIO*, pressing
ahead in preparations for the June
15 walkout, with its national cotm
| cil planning another strategic
meeting here during the day.
The outlook engendered no
hearty optimism, and the Navy
methodically, perfected its arrange
ments for operating vital merchant
■hipping if the threatened tieup
materializes.
Several unions CTO, AFL. and
Independent have become iavplv
ed in the complex Maritime labor
controversy but the crux of the
whole dispute remains the National
Maritime Union's demand that
j eastern ship operators reduce the
traditional 56-hour week for »ea
men on voyages
That contentious question was
j argued over again at negotiations
lasting far into last night and the
j Labor Department announced the
opposing sides had talked about
possible ways of meeting the prob
. i rm by "compensatory time off."
Reporters were denied further de
tails
DEMANDING 4MIOUR WEEK
Tne union is demanding a 44
hour week at sea. Presumaoly “corn
pensatory time off" would mean
that seamen would work more than
44 hours on voyages and would get
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Father of the year—
} A1 Schmid 'above* of Philadel
phia. blind Marine hero of the
j War in the Pacific, has been
j designated Father of the Yewr”
bv the National Father's Day
Committee He lost his sight
In battle on Guadalcanal.
<AP Wirephoto!,